Bread-box.



S. W. KREBS.

BREAD BOX. APPLICATION HLED rin. 5. 1911. nENEwEu MAR. n. 1,913.

Patented Nmxb', 19H3.

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STANLEY WALTER KREBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BREAD-nox.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten N ov. 26,1918.

Application tiled February 5, 1917, Serial No. 146,595. Renewed March 11, 1918. Serial No. 221,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. STANLEY VALTBR Kanus, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Yew York cit)Y and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovemeuts in Bread-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The principal `objects of the present invention are to facilitate and make convenient the operation of cutting bread; to provide for automatically collecting the crumbs, and to provide a single unit for keeping bread and the knife to cut it with and for cutting the bread and for collecting and storing the ("umbs.

Stated generall)Y the invention comprises a bread box daring on the outer surface of its lid a permanent bread boardand a detachable crumb catcher adapted to receive crumbs from the board by the opening of the lid and to store the same so that they can be removed in the crumb catcher. The invention also. in addition. comprises the provision of a knife holder. in connection with the crumb catcher. and,the invention further comprises the improvements to be presently described and linallv claimed.

Among the embodiments of the invention I have selected one for illustration in the accompanying drawings. in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of a bread box embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2, is a sectional view, drawn to an enlarged scale. and illustrating a part of the crumb catcher and knife holder and also a part of the lid of the box.

Fig. 3, is a top or plan View, partly in secftzion, of the `structure shown inwFig. 2, an Y o Fig. 4, is a transverse sectional view illustrating the crumb catcher and a part of the bread board.

In the' drawings 1 is the lid of a bread box and it is appropriately hinged at the end 2, Fig. 4. to the back of the box. 3, is a bread board shown as rectangular or it may be of other shape. This bread board 3 covers a portion ofthe outside of the lid and is permanently secured thereto in any appropriate manner. 4, is a crumb catcher and generally stated it consists of a box open at one side. The tloor' of the box constituting the crumb catcher is adapted to occupy the portion of the lid 1 which is not covered by the bread board 3 and it extends forward so as to underlie the adjacent edge of the bread board 3, which mayv be beveled or cut away for its reception. as shown in Fig. 4. Thus the edge of the board 3 overlies the floor of the crumb catcher for a purpose that will appear from the following description. 6,\are flanges extending beyond the end ivalls of the box that constitute the crumb catcher and' they are adapted to slide under rails 7 carried by the lid 1. 8 are fastening devices for preventing accidental detachment of the crumb catcher. They are shown to consist of one of the upturned ends Aof a Wire 9, pivotall)v connected with the floor of the crumb catcher and havingr the other upturncd end 10 thereof adapted to operate as alimit stop. The upturned end 8 by engaging and disengaging the end of th rail 7 serves to prevent accidental detachment of the crum catcher. The curved plate l1 which forms the top ofthe btw.. that constitutes the crumb catcher. in connection with prolongations 1Q and 13 of the back and end lwalls constitutes a receptacle for the bread knife.

ln use a loaf of bread, usuallyv kept in the box'. can be cut on the bread board 3 and for this purpose it is convenient to keep a knife in the knife holder 11. After having cut slices from thc loaf of bread. it is returned to the bread box and in opening the lid for this purpose crumbs fall by gravity and automatically into the crumb catcher 4. The overlapping arrangement of he bread board in respect to the floor of he crumb catcher insures the crumbs reaching the crumb catcher. The prolongations 12 and 13 prevent the knife from accidentally falling outv of the knife holder ivhen the lid is opened. When a sufiicient number of crumbs have accumulated in the crumb catcher it can be detached by properly manipulating the catches 8 and sliding it from beneath the rails 6. The crumbs in the crumb catcher can then be deposited in any suitable receptacle or otherwise disposed of. In addition to the advantages which will appear from the foregoing description attention may be called to the fact of the convenience of having all the things necessary for cutting bread in one place.

It. vili be obvious o mbt; to which the ven'iefn icatolvls may be made in d 1011 and arrangement, so is no4:l limited as to those What I claim is:

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